In Music programs (Public, Private, Parochial, it doesn't really matter, but if you're interested, the Parochial fared the best, and I take no pleasure in saying it, because those gigs are the ones that pay the most execrably) kids can't be bothered with learning how to listen (both to themselves and to the group) critically anymore. I have a small number who TRY and who GET IT. They get annoyed by the "too bored to care" crowd and retention levels drop. I tried to pitch towards the one's who "got it" but the other environmental "chaos generators" made it increasingly impossible. Anything past that gets seriously OT. But things (with respect to High Fidelity) are like they are for a reason. Frederick Fennell taught two or three generations of Youth what was what. And now, very few (if any) have any idea who he was or why they should care. The guy whom Reagan quoted about gamers being the fighter pilots of tomorrow came out and said "oops, I was wrong". It's contained in a Frontline series (regarding Education) and that subsection was called "Distracted By Everything". Multitasking is a post modern myth. One is great, two is doable and more than that are varying levels of "unremarkable". Studying (reading/performing/interpreting) Music is one of the VERY few things that swings that needle back in the direction we'd all like to see it go. (Kinesthetic learning is one area of research that bears this out....) Off soapbox. Sorry.....
Why Don't More People Love Audio?
Can anyone explain why high end audio seems to be forever stuck as a cottage industry? Why do my rich friends who absolutely have to have the BEST of everything and wouldn't be caught dead without expensive clothes, watch, car, home, furniture etc. settle for cheap mass produced components stuck away in a closet somewhere? I can hardly afford to go out to dinner, but I wouldn't dream of spending any less on audio or music.
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